Background

This e-supplement provides information from two surveys of state
directors of career and technical education (CTE), one at the secondary
level and the other at the postsecondary level. These surveys were administered
between January and April 2009. They were designed to collect information from
states on a range of issues associated with their implementation
of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV),
including: development and implementation of new accountability requirements for
student outcomes and any challenges related to implementation; state evaluation of
local CTE programs; and assistance provided to states by the Department of Education's
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE). The e-supplement includes (1) our
analysis of states' survey responses and (2) the questions asked in the two surveys.
It does not include the results of narrative questions. We administered the Web-based
surveys to state agencies eligible to receive Perkins funds, such as state educational
agencies and state college and university systems, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
We received 100 percent response rates for both the secondary and postsecondary surveys. We conducted
our work in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. A more detailed discussion
of our scope and methodology and agency comments on the draft report are contained in our report
Career and Technical Education: States Have Broad Flexibility in Implementing Perkins IV
GAO-09-683 (Washington: D.C.: July 31, 2009).

How to View The Surveys

We present the results of two surveys to State Directors of Career and Technical Education.

Click on the "Selecting a Survey to View Survey Results" link located in the lower right of this
screen to make your selection. To read to the bottom of the screen, you may need to use your scroll
bar on the right side of this screen.

Once you have selected a survey, the next set of screens in each of
the surveys is an introduction and general information that was
sent to and viewed by recipients of the survey. There are
no survey results to view on this screen.
This screen is for information only and you may by-pass it
by clicking on Next located at the bottom of the screen
in the lower right.

The survey may have links to allow respondents to bypass
inapplicable questions (skip patterns). While these were active
links during the data collection period, they have now been
disabled.

How to View the Responses for Each Question

To view the responses to each question, click on the question number
(Links to survey questions will look like this:
1., etc.).

After viewing the responses to each question, click on the "x" in
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Contact Information?

If you have questions concerning these data, please contact George Scott at (202) 512-7215 or
Scottg@gao.gov.

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